Envelop-printing machine.



L. E. MGRRSON.

www? PRINTING- MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILSD FED. 1` 1911. i@ ji flywia, Patented Nov. l), MM.

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L. MORRSON. ENVELOP lRINTNG MACHINE.

APPLGILTGN lvlLLD PEB. 1, 1911 L El. mame@ mov. im, um,

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( ma v Eipccica'tou of Lutins Patent.

mounted another iframe 1.1 c;i11 \fing the en mini Support-ing nwmbeis lil in which it will be umlel'stood 'the mimiops :we supported in two piies Sicil@ by Side. with their flaps i0\\1i\\'nrd. in, tim 12x-11m@ li Slicics :i iux'ansverae bur 1,3 carrying the gelmini-ing iingm'rs 11i und which is opmavd, on mail siii@ 0i. the press, by nniis 0i iiniis :iS L? coniuctcd to osrfiiiuiiing im'eis 1G. suitzibiy pivote@ :1i li' und opw'ntcii in n. mummiiin be pointu] olii'. imiter.

The :sapin-alim' fingers push the bottom en" whips out over the. shaft 12S 0mm U10. inps 19. These intim' pasa :ilmmffi Suid Shaft :11161 :mother shaft im carried irl iiu Arms 2l joui-unioni m1 the shaft 1.5i. A mun "32 is, Secured L0 the :Umea .El :iwi refais; on miici'f; ciu-ifiufi by the im'm's 22% minimi ai: 24 021 tix@ l zum i0. The. im'i's .23 rests ou milieus 2S ifza't on the mm'abic pintvu 21"). Tim iuttm- (maiihiies in 1110 usmxi hmmm' :md through 'the nbm'v. mined instr!lincntaiitieS the tapas :im miriadi und lowered to rocciw im@ (iisi'iiilixre the @nveinps to 'i'io. pinten. Tim shaft 15%. iwnc the. tapes :we (ix'ivon cmisinniiy toward tim pinten by sllitiluic freni-ing inlimmi ai; 'iiie iir-:iml guidiingr llt) which actnates the trip of the press. W hen the stops 29 move np the contact is broken and the envelops pass onto the platen.

l will next describe .the 'delivery means.

j. 43 indicates in general a suitable delivery gripper Ywhich is slide-bly carried on the 'oresaid levers and closed when brought contact with the platen. The grippers,

there being one for each pile of envelops,

gff opened by rods Llvl. rl`he movement back and 'forth l the grippers is effected by ci oscillating levers elsnitably pivt the ioot of the press. One of the carries an arm i6, see Fig. Tuto 1;; which is connected a link fl? the other vend or which is pivoted or. one ofthe connecting' rods ..ipcrating the i'or'm member 48.

"llie other connecting; rod el?) is seen in'Fig.

l is pivoted to ,the aforesaid platen locninrcam 30 fast on the main shaft 50 `in the nsinil manner. The levers l5 a rod 51 having an arm 52. loi' operating the separator fl at their lower ends by against the'levers 45. tast to the 'seid rod and the From `this it will be under.- ;is the A forni member moves i the platen, the gripper carrying lemove away from the latter, to the inpln; in l. hence in turn cause the upper end of the l to move leftvvard in said gure to feed tivo envelop's to the 'tapes The spring takes'up lost motion ,er bet. en the said levers.

il' the general operation and lconoction oill the separuting and feeding anisrn, the having been deed in detail in 'the application above re# "aflien `the electrical circuit is closed as aforesaid. that is when eitherone or both envolops 'fail lo be fed and consethere is nothing between the termils and the contacting of these lat-l ,ergiycs the magnet @il andv the arma-.1 tt'racted. 'lhi's movement of the is utilized to actiiate 'the usual hanism which in the type of 4 nied includes :1 tripping hand .perateftl lever pivoted at 5G and connected to a link 5T which is pivotevd to an 58 :tast on a rockshaft 59. inside the frame .fe said shaft carries a lover 60 hav- 5o trip-pini;

inge, a stud 6l which travels in a slot 62 in l t is thonght that the foregoing sntiiciently The movement of the armature 42 is utiliz/.ed to operate the tripping lever 55.

rlhe magnet vvil and the armature is suitably mounted on the lever 55 as shown in Fig. l. Above the magnet on the inside of Y the lever on a bracket 168 there is also ivoted at G7 a. latch GS which is normally eld up by the Weight of its arm and which is connected to the armature as' shown. Also mounted on the lever is a roll69.' -On 75 thc connecting rod Ll) there is pivoted a lever KO lntvi'ng a. hook 'T1 and a stud 72. The

lever TO moves with the connecting rod and slides on the roll G9 between the bracket 16S and the level-65, during the normal op oY eration ot' the press, but when an .envelop misses and the armature is attracted, thelatch 68 is pulled down, hence when the press closes the sliding'lcver engages the latch and carries the tripping lever 55 to 85 pear fromvliig. 8 that when one or both .of

tivo enrelops fail' to reach the platen then the tripping mechanism will operate. In case one envelop misses While the other is 190 ted, this latter will of. coursepass through the press and be delivered by the gripper on the one side, butit will not be printed :is the press has been tripped oy the failure oi the other envelop to-reach the platen.

Hence mechanism .is provided for delivering the nnprinted envelops separate from the printed ones, and a suitable envelop receptacle has also beenv provided forquick removal oi the envelops. Thismechanism 11o for thus separating theenvelops is' actuated directly 'from the tripping mechanism and is shown in Figs. l to 7 I 0n a suitable crossbar of the machine there is mounted a bracket which supports a short shaft 7 5, see Fig. 6. The shaft can ries a Wheel 76 having two teeth 77 and 78. At the one end ofthe shaft there is secured an arm 79. Freely rotating on the shaft are two arms 80 and 81,`0ne on each v side of the wheel 7 6. The arm 8 Q carries a pawl`82 4and is connected by a link 83'to the form member 48, hence oscillates constantly during the operation of the press. The arm 81 is connected by alink 84 to the aforesaid arm 125 81 moves only when the press is tripped.

.The arm 8l carries Va paWl 85 and a disk 86. "All of this mechanism remains stationary normally as shown in Fig. 3 except the arm .130

79 to its upward position.

vtrom the disk 86.

i 78, which Will be clear from an inspection of Fig. 3 in which the parts are shown in the position just prior to the seid move nient. (ln the return stroke, to the lett, the parts move to the position shown in liig. l Where it is eeen that the pzivvl S5 bv the engagement with the tooth 78 has i-otuted the shaft und pulled the arm T2.) downr` end has become disengaged troni the tooth 78 because the letter is moved upwardly While the prinfl moves laterally away on the disk d6. ln other words the puivi 82 passes the tooth Ti' :is the hitter rotates The par l tlf! has of; course moved to the left also hut hos heen i unable to engage the tooth i? by sliding l rightwardly and the pawl. 82 lett vurllljv :it the same time and at the cud ot the inove- Q ment the pziwl 82 rests on the wheel To its shown in Fig. 4l. The puwl now returne to the position shown in lig, und ou the l nent lettward stroke it will engage the 5 tooth 77 on the Wheel und return the :um

rl`he :mn 'itl is stopped definitely in either` oi 'its positions by the coperation of e Spring; pressed slide 88 which Carries u rollV Eli) which in turn eooperates with a com Elllon the shutt (5. ln either of the two positions ol the iii-in il) the roll 89 enters :i notch in the ouin tt) to loclr the shaft against rotation. movements ofthe erm 79 Lore utilized to operate the envelop receptacle will :ippeur presentlv.

insure that the envelops do not turn. eround or become buckled, l provide rubber bonds lli/J or other suitable ineens :tor cutohinii' the edges ot the individiml envelop :is the hitter izflls lot .in the box. l-Vheu. however, the press is tripped the :trui il) is moved down as explained above und in turn pulls down the one end of the lever whirli ruines the trap door Jil so that :is the un irinted env velop glides down the slide 92. it will puse under the trop door 923 und into the pocket 953, so that there is no possibility oli deliver ingr` u hatch oit' envelops eontuiuiug one or more uniirinted ones. i tlf course? one or two boxes 93'. muy he used desi red7 ,vhen two boxes ire used the pivots ot the trop door :1re coupled in any suitable umvuuer.

rthe foregoing thought to 'fullyr enpluin this invention, its operation und its :ulvuir tages. lt will he seen th-.it l hui-e prei-'ided very simple :ind practical ineens to: eepu' rating the printed Aifi-oui the imprinted en velops. which. in its neriou'er aspects, ifi the ohjeot ot the invention.

l do not wish to he limited to the eri-ict term shou'uor described of.; the invention is si'isc'feptiljile ol @hinges which come within the legitimate :ruil iui'eiuled soupe oi* the iuA ventiou und the eluiuis.

i. l l u printing` iuurfhioe. the ronihinution oiV menos l'or siiuniltiueouslj. printing; two envelopes means iioi' ixuewnting'ltlie one envelop "rom heilig printed 'it' 1 other one teils to he placed io printing position. :i plui'uliti oi' oi'iveiop rereptueles, une olf @uid i-eveptzielos heine; adopted to rereive the one single envelop ii the other s" :le envelop `i'uils to he placed iu priutio. positioin u l tiup door interposeil hetn'eeuthe` seid rei-eplrules :ruil menus lor operatingw the seid trop door to f -uuee the one envelop to he de- The envelop receptacle, ot which there ure tivo side by eide, comprises :i box Sli liuvilie, o slide 92 suitably pivoted 1n the tf1-ome :it

110. A trap door 93 is provided in the slide I and is lifted hv means ois the pivoted liulis 94- and :t lever 95 pivoted ut 9C on tl' 3 side ot the slide and connected to the aforesaid arm 79 by a strop 97. The trap door lends to n separate pocket 98. llt the bottom ot the box 91 there is hinged :it lll) a shelt' lo() normally held in the position shown hy :i spring latch 10i.

During the normal operation of the press the grippers drop the envelope ou the slide 92 and :1s the envelop inox jog-ged hv reason of being connected to lthe rod Si as shown, the envelope glide down into the hoi: ill and pile up. From time to time the spring latch "lill is opened, the shelf l0() is dropped and the hatch ot printed envelope conveniently removed. llhe envelope pile up in the holt 91 With their printed side up en they ere received from the platten, .und

livered into the suiil lust inlined receptuele.

lo u printing' uuuhioe the roinhinotiou ol u platen. menus ltor siuiultuuecnlsly pluciuir tivo euvelopr" on the seid pinten to he printedv` :i delivery nieehun'nn for renie-rinnl the eurelops trom the plotti. e. plurality oit envi-lop reeeptzu-les` supporting;` means `tor receiving' the envelops ut the point oit de i livery. uml 'tor f-:uppoi'tiilggt the suine while truveliug tou'ui'd the said rereptue is. u movrihle member, und menne lor actuating the lutter to projevi into the path ot the envelops to cause one of the envelope to poss into the one envelop rooeptuole when onlyy one enti-lop reuohes Suid pleiten.

il. ln :i printinp; .machine the combination of meuus tor printingr envelope, ineens for delivering printed envelop-i.. e trippingmeohunisuh :i plurulit),7 ot envelop" receptacles, e devine nornrily intuitive und :idupt ed to torio supporti ineens ioi the seid envelope4 zitter' the lutter hure passed through the said printingzl, means find dur ing; uheir eravel to Jshe said receptacles, end means actliated by the said tripping' mech aniein ori'endeiing he said inactive device active when the said matter fails to loe 'printed and to canse the one recepa'cle to receive the nnprined matter.

T n a. printing machinei the combination of printing ineans including e. platen, a feeding mechanisnir'or feeding; envelope Side liv' side lo the plaen, a delivery mechanism. an envelop receptacle for: receiving che nn- 'irined envelop iii-om the said delivei'j,v ameri. means for normally closing said envelop receptacle. and .mechanism for operaing the said menne to open vthe said receptacle for the reception of the said nnprini'ed envelope. l

3. ln a primingmachine, the combination ol printing means including a platen, a feed- ;ide to the said platen, a delivery mechanisml an envelop receptacle for receiving the un! 'il envelope from the said deliver@1 ianisnl. a movable member for normallq7 e.. d receptacle, and means for acf said movable member when one ci? iid envelifxps fails to be aced upon by the said feeding; mechanism. and a separate receriliaele oreceiving the printed envelop from hc said delivery member.

e. in, a printing machine, the conihinaticn of a (ripping mechanism, a. printing rie-elianism n'ieane for delivering envelope, a. plurality o' envelop receptacles, a support :for ivingg the envelope at the point of le und 4fer enpporling the same while toward said receptacle, move` r forming a porion oi? Said :nifl means for operating said member te conse nnprz ed envelope lo pass inte a give.. one of the said receptacles when the seid printing; machine is tripped.

Y. ln a printing machine, the combination A punti. f means7 a tripping mechanism. of means ifoi"i delivering envelope7 a plural" L* env lop rr iepiacles. a rsanppor;` 'for receivinps ai the poin of deliver;T and.

werd sail, receptacle, a movable member orming a poriion oi Said Support and meer for operating ihe said member .vo-cease unnicchanieni for feeding envelope Side liv ,iieeee machine is tripped by the said tripping mechanism.

the same, a plurality of envelop supporting means for receiving ne at the point of delivery and for .t "che Same While'traveling toward lecle. movable member forming the seid supporting means and for operating said movable meinheito projeci into che path of the envelope when the seme fail vto 'oe printed.V

9. ln printing machine, the combination of printingv means, ineens for 4delivering enveleps. a nox for receiving the envelope located a distance avi-'ay from the point of delivery. a Supporting member .for receiving che envelope at the point' of delivery and 'l noei and means for operatinf' member co prevent unprinter. e, passing into the said box. in :irinting machine, the combination of printinf ineens, ineens for delivering enve ii. envelop receptacle, a slide integral eaid receolacle and adapted to receive om said delivery ineens, 'e ioer lin Said slidek forming a p, 1 ai and. means for operating said mov member to prevent nnpiinted enylo; Arom pes-sing into the said envelop LEVS E. MGRRI SON. 

